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      BERANGER , Bfl be having Mtnated ( for reasons already stated ) rmreahr resolu tion to eschew criticism , we shall at once ltoccefoceea with theutomised completionof our present [ JecUo . Jection from the poet ' s sonp . Ve s We are not sure but that the following charming umpotopod tionhas previously appeared ini the Starinttfsnttfsowe are confident thatits repetition will be irelconrelcomed by oar readers . NATURE . In varying hues of grief aud mirib , How fruitful Nature's face appears ; Beneath its dark wing robs the earth , In rains , blood , and tears , 3 nt beauty reigns where ' er we go , Ani see , with grapes the vines are clad ; Let woman smile , and good trine flaw , And lo I the world ia glad . A deluge o'er each land hath flown ;

      Bat ah ! how few , how very few . Some sheltering ark have ever known , Whommistry's waves pursue ! When flies the dove , whea bends the bow Above that waste of waters sad-Let woman smile , let good wine Sow , And lo ! the world is glad . In s * reary , dark , funereal gloom , A withered land 'aeath Etna lies , Which hurls from out its burning womb The hell against the tides ! Its rage expires and mattering law , Rests tbat mysterious mountain mad-Let woman emlla , let good wine Sow , And lo I the world U glad ! The frightfal vulture of the Bast ,

      The deadly plague with hoarse voice calls , Aad man to furnish forth her feast , Before her firing—falls ! Heaven is appeased—with angel glaw Soft Pity tends these victims aad ILet woman smile—let good wine flow—And loJ the world is glad ! Stern Mara awakes his cruel fires , And rolls his car of sanguine hue , And the same land that drank the sire ' s , Still drinks the son ' s blood , toe I Batman grows tired and steps the blow , And nature whispers , sweet the ? sad—Let woman smile—let good wine flow—And , lo ! the world ia glad ! Instead of blaming Nature sow , See Spring ' s bright tresses stream above , Oh ! let as wreath her fragrant brow

      With earth ' s best rosea , joy and love ! Spite of the slavish ills we know , * Mid mouldering rains ivy clad , Let woman smile—let good wineflow—And , lo ! the world ia glad ! Here is a song for a lover's lips and a lady ' s ear

      OVBRFLOWLNS LOVE . I would amass a store of gold In spite of wisdom ' s voice and frown , And , at my lady's feet , untold , I'd proudly lay my treasure dawn . Then , day by day , might I supply , Adele , each gay caprice of chine . No avaricious heart have I ; Set sQch o ' erflowicg leva la raise . Had lactase inspired to ma & e Adele immortal in my lays , . My verses solely for her sake , Should lire in everlasting praise . Thus , yet , may distant memory see Oar namesjmblsxoned intertwine : The thirst of glory fires sot me ;

      Bat such o ' erflowing love is mine . Would Heaven hut raise me up , supreme , To fill a monarch's -gorgeous throne , Adele would grace my regal dream ; My rights shaU all be nude her own . Here sure to please her , ray behest Would make a court around hs shine : Not much ambition swells my breast ; Bat sack o ' erflowing love is mine . Bar , let these vain aspirings go ! Adele has all to charm and bless . Pomp , fortune , fame , no joys can show Like love ' s own simple happiness . Ill trust my happy days ; nor fear My fates will turn , toy star decline : I have no wealth , rank , glory here ; But much o ' erfiowiag love is mine .

      As we have already said , although so Buonaparnst the forced restoration of the Bourbons was gall and wormwood to Bebakseb ., who mourned over the prostration of tbe tricolour and the exaltation of the white flag of Legitimacy . His sentiments on this subject are well shown in the following verses , sup . nosed to be addressed by a soldier of tbe Republic and the Empire , to his veteran comrades : —

      THE OLD STANDARD . Aroand me sit my comrades old , While memory to the wine-cup warms , And many a stirring tale is told Of our departed days in arms . Here ia my cot I keep at last The banner cf our battles past . When shell it from the dust be free That dims its noble colours three ? * Tia bid beneath the lowly bed , Where poor and maimed at night I He—That which for twenty years still sped From victory to victory ; Whea , crowned with laureli and with flowers , Itpass'd o ' er Europe's haughtiest towers . When shall it from the dust be free That dims its noble colours three t That glorious banner could repay

      The blood that round It flowed In France j Our youth in freedom's happier day , Sported with its redoubted lance , Still let it show the despots bow Glory is all plebeian now ! When shall it from tbe dast be free That dims its noble colours three ? Its Eagle mourns a hopeless fall , Worn by a fl gnt so wild and far : Dp with the took of ancient Gaol , To guide the fiery bolts of war , By Franw received to be , as once , The signal flag of freedom ' s sons ! When shall it from the dost be free That dims iu noble colours three t It soon shall guard the rights of men , Tired of the stunning-march of war . Each Frenchman was a citizen

      Once , in its right , beside tbe Loire . Still our sole hope to shield and save , O ' er all oar froatiers let it ware ! When shall it from the dust be free That dims iu noble colours three i There , near my long-worn arms it lies—An instant—friend of former years ! Come , press my heart and glad my eyes , And staunch a veteran ' s falling tears ; Oh ! well I know kind Heavin will ne ' er Reject a weeping soldier ' s prayer . Yes , fram the dast behold it free That dimmed its noble colours three !

      Alas ! tbe tricolour is now a dishonoured flag . Sot the despotism of Napoleon , not the perfidy of Louis Philippe , could make the nations lose faith in the banner of revolutionary France ; tbat disgraceful consummation was reserved for the pretended Republicans of 1848 . The Lamartines , Marrasts , and Cavaignacs , by their treason to the democratic cause , have damned the tricolour . They have not merely' dimmed its noble colours three , ' they have made the flag itself hateful to the suffering millions both at home and abroad . Under the Republican tricolour of 1848 , the men who by their

      valour and blood made the revolution , have been swindled ont of its fruits , and given over to proscription and massacre . Under that flag , too , Poland has been abandoned , Italy betrayed , and the honour of France basely truckled away for the advantages (?) of the English alliance . The tricolour is now as obsolete as the colourless rag of worn-eut Legitimacy . Henceforth for the democracy , the red flag is the symbol of struggle , the emblem of hope , and the presage of victory . We have not at hand , although we have seen , a more spirited translation than the following ,

      of—THE OLD BEGGAR . ( From Toft ' s Heparin * . ) Here , in this ditch my bones I'fl lay ; Weak , wearied , old , the world I leave , * He ' s drnek , ' the passing crowd will say - . 'lis well , for none will need to grieve . Some turn their scornful hea 4 s away , Seme fling aa alms in hurrying by ;—Haste— 'tis the village holiday 3 The aged beggar needs a ? help to die . Tes J here , alone , of sheer old ege I die ; for hunger slaye not all ; I hoped my misery's closing page To fold within some hospital . But crowded think in each retreat , Great numbers now in misery lie , —" At birth my cradle was tbe street ! As he was bora the aged wretch most die In youthof workmeno ' er and o'er

      , , I ' ve asked , Instruct me in year trade f ' Begone—our basinets is not mere Than keeps ourselves—go beg ! ' they said Ye rich , who bade me toil for bread—Of bona your tables gave me store , Your straw has often made my bedla death I lay no curses at year dear *

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      Thus poor I might have turned to theft ;—No ! battwa «^' samx «> r ^— -- —• --' - At most rvaplaeked same apple , left ; ,. ' To ripen near the public way . Yst weeks and weeks , fn'dnhgeoHs laid lutheKtag ' g ' flametheyletmeplhe ; They stole the only wealth I bad , — /¦ . Though poor aha old , the tan at least was mine What country has the poor to claim ! What boots to me year corn and wine , Your busy toil , your vaunted fame , The Senate where your speakers shine ! Once , when your homes , by war o ' srswept , Saw strangers battening en your land , Like aoy poling fool , I weptl The aged wretch was nourished by their hand , Mankind ! why trod yon not the worm

      Tha noxtoxs thing , beneath your heel » Ah ! had yon taught ms to perform Dae labour far the common weal ! Then , sheltered by the-adverse ' wind , [ Tha worm and aat had learned to grow , — Ay—then I might have loved my kind ';* - The aged beggar dies your bitter foe ! In this poen we are presented with a picture of the working of the system so much lauded by Thiers , Cousin , and the rest of the army of locusts who directed grape shot upon the workmen of Paris in the fatal days of June . With good , reason may the labouring masses of all lands ask with the dying beggar , "What country has the poor to claim !"

      Beraxgbr is the poet of the suffering millions . ' The people , ' says he , 'that is my muse . * . * When I speak of tbe people , I mean the crowd—the mass—the very lowest , if yon will . They may not appreciate the achievements of intellect , or therefined delicacies of taste : he it so ! Bnt for that very reason , authors arft obliged to conceive more boldly , more grandly , in order to arrest theii attention . Adapt therefore to their strong nature , both your subjects and their style of treatment : it is neither abstract ideas nor figures which they require of yon : show them the naked human heart . * *' # : * ,. According to an inveterate

      habit , we still judge of the people with exceeding prejudice , they present themselves to us as a gross mass , incapable of elevated , generous , or tender impressions . Yet if poetry has a resting-place in the world , it is , I firmly believe , in their ranks that you must go seek for it . Bnt to find it , yon must first study this people . * * Would that onr authors set themselves seriously to labour for this crowd , so well prepared to receive the instruction which they noed . In sympathising with them they would help to render them more moral and the more they added to their intelligence , the more would thev extend the domain of genius and

      of true glory . ' The picture of the wandering beggar dying on the roadside , and with his last breath cursing the state of society which had made him a vagrant and doomed him to a dog ' s death , will be appropriately followed by the following city sketch of the wrongs of the poor : —

      JAMES . Sear James ! I do not wish To wake yon so soon from sleep ; Bat some liveried man is here , Who has caused the neighbours to weep I fear , my husband dear , He baa come to gather the rates ; Then rise up quickly , James , For the Sing ' s collector waits . The morning is shining and bright—Tis rarely yon sleep so long ; And see ! our neighbour ' s things are sold , For the tyrant ' s power U strong , And we are sot able to pay , By our work , those cursed rates , Bnt wake from sleep , my husband dear , Per the King ' s collector waits . Hot a sons ! and here he Is !

      Hark ! how thewatch . degsbay—Oh ! if the Sing conld wait for a month , We yet might be able to pay : Ask for one month ' s reprieve And we'll pay them all their rates-Then w ake from sleep , my husband dear , For the King ' s collector waits , Ob , God , we ' re crashed by rates , And starved for want of bread , Though you work all day with your spade , And I with my needle and thread ; Bat if we would work all nighi We atfll could not pay those rates—Oome ! wake from sleep , my husband dear , For the King ' s collector waits . Sorrow is plenty enough ,

      Bat meat is wanting here ; We scarcely can get a piach of salt , The times hare become so dear ! Ob , James I how happy we'd be Could we pay those cruel rates-Then wake from sleep , my husband dear , For the King's collector waits . Yoa are weak , aad a little wine Hew strength to yourframe will bring—Don't fear I I still can get yon soma By selling my wedding-ring . Courage ! some mercy may dwell Iu bis breast , though ha coaaes far tha rates-Then wake from sleep , my husband dear , For the King's collector waits . 0 heavens ! yoa are very pale .

      My husband . ' 0 speak again ! Last night you told me yoa felt unwell , Aud spoke of a lingering pals . Despair aet ! God loves the poor , And will help us to pay these rates—Than wake from sleep , ray bosbaad dear , For the King ' s collector waits . She cans in vain—he is dead . ' He has passed from the sorrows ef life : 0 neighbours ! think of his children young , And pray far his hapless wife . Depart on your road , good man , For hers you can get no rates-Then wake from sleep , my husband dear , The King ' s collector waits .

      The sham-Republic of Lamartine , Marrast , and Cavaignac , instead of abolishing , has aggravated the exactions of Royalty , and , consequently , increased the suffering of the workmen ; tharefore thebarricaies of June were erected—there f ore the Red Republic is inevitable .

      THE SWALLOWS . A captive on the Moorish shore—A warrior , bowed beneath his chains—Exclaimed—Do Z behold once more The birds that fly the wintry plains ? Ye swallows , whom hope ' s cheering light Has followed to this desert spot , From France ya ' ve , doubtless , winged your flight—Of that dear land , why speak ye not I Three summers , now , to yon I ' ve prayed Some tokens of that rale to bring , Where first , in humble youth , I strayed , And dreamt of life's approaching spring ; Beside a stream which murmuring fans , Beneath a tree that shades tbe spot , Yoa mast hare seen my cottage walls—Of that dear home why speak ye not ? One of yea haply built his nest

      Beneath tha roof where I was born ; While sheltering in that place of rest Say , have you heard a mother mourn 1 Dying , she fancies still she hears My step approach her lonely cat : She listens still , still fall her tears—Of her dear leva why speak ya not . Hy sister—is she married yet f Have you beheld a merry throng Of village youths , in frolic met , To chant for her her nuptial song ? Those comrades of my early day , Who at my side in battle fought , Have they regained the village , say !—Of all these friends why speak ye not ! Perhaps the stranger o ' er their graves

      Treads , as he takes tbe valley ' s way—The inmates of my home enslaves , And mars my sisttr ' a bridal day . In prayer for me no mother ' s hand Is raised : these chains are still my lot Ye swallows of my native land , Of aU her ills why speak ye not f

      IF I WERE A LITTLE BIRD . Yes , I , who even amid the fair , Stillloved a raver'a way , What envy must my bosom bear—Tie bird so light and gay . Realms ef space , he sweeps them by , AU invites him , ear th and sky « — Heaven ia azure warm the air—Swiftly , swiftly , I would fly , If a little bird I were ; 'Tis then that from the nightingale I'd filch her sweetest strains , Acdhaste to join in pastoral vaie The song of girls and swains—Then , to charm the hermit , hie , Who , without one holy lie ,

      Gives the poor his cloak to share . Swiftly , & o . Ia bowers where gay companions laugh , I'd choese a softer tone , Till , melted by my notes , they'd quaff To woman ' s love alone . Then , to broken warriors , I AU my favourite tones would ply Till their hamlet life seemed fair : Swiftly , 4 c .

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      Then on to prison towers I'd glide " Where hapleis etptiVes-plne ? - "" I'd sing their plaintive songs , yet hide These roving wings of mine ; Oae wonld smile to hear me nigh , To another ' s dreaming eye Boyhood ' s home and fields are there Swiftly , boy My merry voice would solace now The tedium of a king , Upon a peaceful olive bough . Beside him I we old sing :

      Then to exiles where they sigh Over every parted tie From that tree a branch I'd bear . Swiftly , & o . Then eastward to the birth of dawn , Vain world , I'd fly thee yet , Unlets I felt around me drawn liove ' s all enclosing net ; Bat stoma he , that towler sly , la seme soft breast throbbing high , Spread for ms another snare , Thither , tbitber , I would fly Ifallttleb ' rdlwere .

      For the translation of the following sublime though mournful melody we are indebted to an artiele by Colonel Thompson , in the Westminster Review : —

      THE COMET OF 1882 . A comet wlng'd by heaven is hurl'd to meet Oar world—too surely will destruction bring—I feel our planet tremble at my feet , I see the lofty lighthouse tottering ; The table disappears—the guests are gone'Twas a sad festival when all is told ; On—to confession—trembling spirits—on Enough—eaough—the world ia all too old . Poor globe—thro' boundless space a waniering thing , — Nights , days , confounded , —erring without will ; A flying kite—but with a brokea string , — Turning and sinking—turring , sinking still ; Rash throsghuatravell'd ways—until thou dash Against some son , and breaking , do beheld A tboasand suns oat-bursting from the fUsh , Eaough—enough—tbe world is all too old ; Vulgar and stale our poor ambitions are 2

      Are we not tired of fools and foolish things . Errors , abuses , desolation , war , Of notion * lacqueys , and of lacquey kings Tired of the future's disappointing dreamily ptasfer-teWs shaped in meanest mould—How lew—bow cramp'd life ' s scene ef being seems ; Enough—enough—tha world ts all too old , I hear youth say— Man's prospect daily brightens , * Each files his fetters surely—silently ; ' The press illumines , and the gas enlightens ; ' The glorious steam-boat speeds across the sea , ' Another twenty years—and then—and then !—' A sunbeam shall the lovely germ unfold . ' Oh ! I have waited thirty years in vain—Enough—eneagh—tbe world is all too old . Far other were my thoughts , when boyhood gay

      Swell'd all my soul with love , and joy , and mirth ; Then cried I— 'Never wander from tha way . Of thy sweet orbit , beauty-giving earth !' Now , I am grey with yean—and beauty ' s frown—My songs are mute—my heart is dull and cold ; Comet implacable—then speed thee down , Let ' s end the matter—for the world is old . We hear , and can well believe , that Bbbanger is almost heart-broken at the miserable failure of the February revolution ; and we fear tbat more than ever he at this time thinks' the world is all too old . ' But we trust that better , brighter days are in store , and that , in spite of the composition following , the poet well live to see the good time coming . '

      AN IMAGINARY VOYAGE . Autumn cornea on and from her damp wing shaketh Still sharper pangs , to rack my bones anew : Poor , timid , with a frame that always achetfa , - I see my joys , once blooming , lose their hue . Oh ! snatch me from LateUa , * dark and filthy » . Mine eyes look longing for a purer sky ; Z dreamt of Greece , when glowing , young and healthy'Tla there , 'tis there , where I would wish te die . What need they to translate the song of Homer ?—I've been a Greek—Pythegoras says well , 'Neath Pericles I loved my mother , Athens ; Socrates saw me in his prison cell . I ' ve bowed with awe to gode that Phidias set us ; Heard at my feet , Ilyssus murmuring by ; I've waked tbe bees on flower-bestrewn Hyraettus'Tis there , ' tis there where I should wish to die , Ye gods , that for « single day ' s existence ,

      My heart might feel the great glow of that sua I Hark ! Freedom , when I bail , calls in the distance : ' To Thrasybulus , exile ! he has won , ' Oh , let us fly—onr flowing sails obey us ; - Sea , be thy waves as gentle as a sigh ! My muse will seek repose in the Pirseue'Tis there , 'tis there where I should wish to die . Ia truth , ' tis lovely I—this Italian heaven ; Bat slavery clends tbe lustre of its blue . Oa—on— I pray thee , pilot , to yon haven ! Where the yeung day seems smilingly to woe . What are these waves !—and what this rock so savage 1 What green expanse still fills my moving eye i See ! on tbe shore . He can se longer ravages-Tyranny dies ?—' tis there I too would die ! Oh 1 deign to give your hand unto the stranger , Virgin of Athens ! list htm while he sings . I come from a dark land-where Death and Danger

      Tracks the Free heart , and Gealns tracks to klnjs . Protect my lyre !—here free words ne ' er betray as ; Aud if my lay should moist your gentle eye , Give the same urn to me that holds Pyrfosas ! Beneath yoar glorious skies I ' ve come—to die . Here for the present we conclude . On a future occasion we may give another selection from the poet's songs . Vive Beran § er !

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      Crejtforne Gardens. A Novel And Daring A...

      CREJtfORNE GARDENS . A novel and daring aerial feat was attempted on Monday night , at Cremorne Gardens , in the shape of an ascent of Mrs George Batty , the ' Lion Queen , ' with a noble lion in the Royal Cremorne Balloon , piloted by that daring aeronaut Lieutenant Gale , R . N . The announcement attracted a large concourse of spectators , who , during the process of inflation , evinced the most lively impatience . This operation having been completed , a den constructed expressly for the occasion , and formed of oak , braced and barred with iron , was brought on to the ground , and attached to the balloon in lieu of the car , by strong lashings and cords , the lieutenant standing on the top within the hoop at the neck of the balloon , surrounded with ballast bags , grapnel and other instruments for a descent , while the lady was to

      occupy a seat on tho back of her ' cempagnon du voyage , attired In all the panoply of a glittering helmet , with flowing ostrich feathers , a shining suit of mail armour , and silk fleshings . The lion shortly arrived from the amphitheatre in the Westminsterread , attended by , Mr William Batty and Mr George Batty , of whose splendid menagerie he is a prominent member . At about a quarter to six o ' clock , Lieut . Gale called for the lion , for the purpose of weighing him with the den , and the nobte animal having been introduced from the one cage into the other , tbe Lieutenant gave the signal , and the balloon made a partial rise , ascending with some difficulty , while the lion appeared perfectly indifferent . On descending the Lieutenant threw away the greater portion of his ballast , and Mrs Batty entered the den and caressed her favourite , and all being in

      readiness , Lieutenant Gale pulled the ' liberating iron , ' bnt the ascent was slow . The balleon had scarcely cleared the trees when the Lieutenant found that he had not sufficient power . He threw out ballast , bnt it was of no avail ; and it was perceptible to every one , that the machine could not rise with the enormous weight affixed to it , about nine hundred pounds . The lieutenant then addressed the spectators , stating these facts , aud declared his in * tention to go up with the lion alone .. Mrs Batty then quitted tbe deu , and cartesying to the spectators , left the ground amidst the plaudits of tbe company . The preparations ibeing ready , tbe signal was given , and away sailed the balloon , taking a south westerly direction , the wind blowing from the north east . The gallant Lieutenant descended in perfect safety at Mortlake in Surrey . The ascent , it is said , will be repeated .

      These splendid gardens will shortly elose , and we strongly recommend one readers to take an early opportunity to visit them .

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      The Colos secm —Louis Blanc , - accompanied by a party of ladies , visited the Colosaeum , Rsgent's-park , on Wednesday , and expressed his admiration of the grand panorama of Paris . Roaiieau , a soldier of the 31 th Regiment , was condemned to two years' imprisonment for homicide by imprudence . On the 29 th of July last , be waa going through the village of Chatiilon with a detachment , when he stopped behind and drank at a wins-shop . Having become intoxicated , he sat down on a stone

      bench , with his musket extended before him . Some parlors told him to take care of his musket , whereupon the prisoner took It and presented it at one of them . He snapped tbe trigger , but the musket not being primed did not go off . The workmen went their way , bat one , named Thomas , who was a little behind , was ordered by the prisoner to go in the contrary direction , Thomas took no notice , and followed his companions . The prisoner then , in his drunken stupidity , discharged the musket , and the unfortunate man fell dead . —Paris Paper .

      No ScABcrrr of Food , — It is estimated that the harvest of the United States this season Is sufficient to feed half the people oa tbe glebe abundantly . With scarcely an exception , every species of grain , fruit , and vegetable is yielding throughout the country an extraordinary crop . Of beef , pork , butter , cheese , ho ,, the same plenty abounds , and while our population are secure at every comfort and luxury in the way of food , we shall have a sarplus sufficient to meet all the famine that may occur in the Old World , —Jfew York Paper . ;

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      FRANCE . THE B 1 ECTIOKS , We announced In oar tews edition of last week the election of Louis Napoleon , Fouldj and Raspall . Tke following is the official return : — L 9 " !« t pole 9 n ' •» 110 < Achilla Fould ... ; 79 , 891 ^• P aU ... 66 9 ( 13 Pora 62 * 76 Cab « t 62 375 "offer ... , „ 61 , 882 Benj . Delessert ... ... 49 . 288 Rno > AAni 1 jo / mo

      When at the Hotel de Till * tbe name of Lonls Napoleon was given the band ef the National Guard struck up a national air amidst considerable cheerbg ; Fonid ' a name was received lo silence . ; but RstpaU ' a ratted a tremendous cheer . After this tha people marched up the Rue St Denis , shouting « We RaspaU , ' and making a demonstration tbat caused the greatest dif quietude . Count ifo . ' e has been elected for tho Gironde , aad M . Raspail has bsen defeated at Lyons by a former deputy . M . Rivet . * " The NarioNAi , , of Moaday , states tbat Prince Lmie Nspokon arrived in the French capital on Sunday . General Cavaignac had taken all tbe measures which the situation' required .

      BAfP & IL . An address , signed Raspail , wes placarded in Paris on Tuesday moralag , and crowds were collected round it at all the corners . In it be says : —« 72 , 000 voices protested In June against my imprleonmsnt . 76 , 090 voices declare my Innocence in September , and invest me with the inviolability of your representation . I wait the opening of my eaehot to take the place you assign me , He exhorts tke citizens not to attempt a combat , since , as their numbers are nine to one they have ao need to fight if they are united . Ho tells thf m to multiply their fraternal meetings throughout all France , not by the name of tbe clubs , bat . by that of electoral meetings . Soon , 'he soys , everything will be done by election . " A petition is circulating in the faubourgs demanding either the immediate release of Raspail , or that he should be brought to trial within a week .

      SI 8 CDS 8 IOV OF THE CONSTITUTION . Oa art . 8 of the constitution setting forth the right of all citizens to meet , petition , and express their sentiments , M . de Montalembert proposed to add tbe words * and to teach . ' The proposer of the amendment delivered a long oration against the present system of instruction in France , to which be imputed the growth of Socialist doctrines amongst tbe working classes , bat argued that religious Instruction was the principal remedy for existing evils . Being much fatigued , be was per . mitted to postpone the conclusion of bis oration , 6 a Wednesday , M . de Montalembert resumed and concluded his discourse . A discussion followed , at tbe conclusion of which the amendment was withdrawn , Finally , the article as It originally stood was adopted /

      Oa Thursday , the 9 th article , guaranteeing liberty of instruction under tbe surveillance of the state , was brought en . In the discussion which ensued , tbe university was attacked by M , Laboolle , Bishop Fnyet , M . de Tracy , and others , who presented amendments , which werenjected , and the article adopted . The following articles were then adopted : — Art 10 . Citizens are admissible to all pnbllo employments without other motives of preference than that of merit or rights acquired according te law . The consti . tntion does not recognise either titles or distinctions of birth , class , or caste , Art , 11 , —All kinds of property are inviolable . Never * theless the state may exact the sacrifice of a property for the sake of public utility , legally proved , and with ajQBt and previous indemnity . Art . 12 . —Confiscation of property can' never be re . established .

      Art . 13 , —The constitution guarantees to citizens liberty of work and Industry , « bc , & c . The state furnishes assistance to abandoned children , to Infirm and old parsons without resources , and whose families » re unable to beipthem . ' Art . 14 . — The public debt is guaranteed . Adopted without remark . Art . 15 . —All tsxatlon Is established for common nil . lity . Each citizen contributes according to bis means and fortune . This was opposed by H . Seyrleres , who denonnced ' progressive taxation' as a spoliation of property . After some further discussion the debate was adjourned . Oa Monday the discussion was resumed , when the Minister of Finance proposed the following amend , meat , which was carried amidst the cheers of the ' moderates' : — ' Bach citizen contributes in proportion to his facultes , means and bis fortsne . ' The following articles were then adopted ' •—

      Art . 16 . — 'No tat can be levied except by virtue of a law . ' Art 17 . — ' Direct taxes can only be consented to for a year . Indirect taxes may be consented to for several years . ' Art , 18 ( beginning chap . 3 , and treating of public powers ) . — ' Ail public powers of every description emanate from the people . They cannot be delegated hereditarily . ' Art 19 . — ' The separation of powers Is the first con ditlon of government . '; The 20 th article , which raises the question ef one or two chambers , - brought M , Duvergler de Hauranne to the tribune , who contended for two chambers . On Tuesday the debate en the : question of one or two chambers was resumed , bat very little progress was made in the discussion , which was again adjourned , TUB OOYBBtflttHT .

      Paris , Friday . —In the Chamber , to-day , interpellations were addressed to General Cavaignac upon the situation of the country , aad as to the conduct he would pursue in certain eventualities . The General , in answer , observed that , in case of any attempt at disorder , he would bo prepared to repress it by the means he had already Indicated , M , de Cbarencey , in answer , reproached General Cavaignac with never having expressed any approbation of the conduct of the National Gaard since 24 th February . This observation raised a most violent tumult between tee opposite parties of ihe bouse . The Issue of this discussion was an ordrt du jour motive , having the effect oi a vote of confidence in the government , which was passed almost unanimously , the only opponents to it being M . Napoleon Bonaparte , ~ a . David ( VAogers ) , and about twenty of the JfoBtsgnards .

      LOUIS NAPOLEON AND EASPAIL . Oa Tuesday , M , Clement ascended the tribune , and presented the repert of the committee on the election for the department of the Tonne , recommending that Citleeu Louis Benaparte should be proclaimed repre sentative of the people , No opposition being offered , The President made the proclamation in the usual form Prince Louis Napoleon , who had taken bit sea ; on one of the bencaes oa the left of the President , between M . Teillard , his former preceptor , and M . Havia , depaty for La Manche , demanded to speak , and , ascending the tribune , read amaauscrlpt Speech , in which be declared his devotion to the Republic . The election of Raspail was then declared valid , and his admission voted , on which the president read a requisltory of the procureur-general , demanding the authorisation of the Assembly to continue the prosecution against Rispall . Tbe authorisation was voted by an immense majority .

      M , Ledra Rollin voted against the prosecution . M , Flocon abstained from voting , —[ Why so , citizen Flocon ?] VENGEANCE OF THE TIOT 6 EIO 0 S BOOEOEOIBIE , Last week a captain of the ex-Republican Gnard was tried by court-martial for high treason , in acting with arms against tbe government . He was acquitted of tbe capital cherge , but he was found guilty of having participated in an insurrectional movement , and sentenced to imprisonment for five years . The military commission charged with the examina .

      tion and classification of the insurgents ef June , concluded their labours on the 21 st . They had to examine 12 , 000 files of examinations , & c „ relative to about as many accused ; bat the jugee d'instruction having ordered a namber of persoas to be released , on account of insufficient evidence , the total number of accused on whose case the commission had to decide was 10 , 838 , Of these 10 , 831 , 6 , 276 have been sat at liberty , 4 , 316 condemned to trancportation , and 255 sent before the courtmartial . Of those ordered for traaspertatlon 2 , 700 have already been sent away ; the others are still ia tho forts , but will soon be sent off in detachments .

      Thd Refobhe of Monday contains the following t' Eighth Bulletin of the Republic of 1818 . Departure ot tho transported ( Insurgents ) . ' Hero follows a dismal account of the departure of S 50 insurgents for Havre , in the midst of rain and storm . Then comes the following bulletin , equally in large print : — 'Other Bulletin of the Republic of 1848 , Fete at the President ' s of the National Assembly . The musical part of the / ele given this evening by the President of the National Assembl y will be composed of a fragment of 'Eden , ' of 'Christopher Columbus , 'by David ; and of an air of the 'Favourite , * sung by Mdlle . Lamorciere . 'VhelaBepnWque , '

      IHE PBItOHEBS AT VINCENNBg . I have recently had rhe opportunity of obtaining an . thentic Information of the state of the prisoners at Vin - cannes . Blanqul is lodged on the first floor . Albert and Barles on the second , General Courtais , and another prisoner whose name I could not learn , on the third , Sobrier on the fourth , and Rsspall on the fifth . All , except Raspail , are exceedingl y calm ; They are lodged with toleraWe comfort , and allowed to add to the prison diet whatever they can pay for . A cook Is attached to tbe establishment , expressly for their service , who realists not less than a hundred francs a day . Notwithstanding the indulgences allowed them , they are most strictly guarded : a gens-d ' arme Is always by their side , and on no account are they allowed to to communicate wi'h each other . —Correspandent of the John Bull .

      THE WAB AOAINST TUB PftBSB . M . Aiphonso Karr , Editor of the JonawAL , and the editors of the Rspobuqob , Messaoib , andBiss Pernio , were respectively sentenced on Saturday to one month ' s imprisonment and 200 f . fine , for publishing those journals without having previously deposited the required security in money , IHFAMOOS TIBAHar . It was Intended tbat a democratic banquet should take place at Roues , la tho course of a few days , but oa Saturday M . Lejeuno ; the commissary of police , en .

      France. The B1ectioks , We Announced In ...

      t ^ - ^ - - ^« nN . . of . lC ... Oanp , who was one of the organisers of the proceedings , and there sefzsd 6 , 000 numbered tickets . They bore each a black seal , with a Igure of the Republic on it , end having this motto-Society of the Rights of Man ; French Republic ; LI . berty , Bquali-y , Fraternity , ' '

      v v . l a m B "" MM . Eght Socialists were arrested on Tuesday , charged with conspiracy against the life of Gen . Cavaignac . DIMCCBATIC BAWQOXTfl . Tl n i ., » ' ' J ? , '« in eoni «>« noralloB of the ft »„ . do ion of the Republic of 1792 . Banquets were also held at Lyons , Bourges , Toulouse and ether towas . LAHENTABLE DEATH OF A PATBIOT . A fatal duel has tak « n place between M , Gent , one of the red republic , who was elected a few days ago for the department of Tauclose , andM Leo de la Borde , a leg ! , tlmiat , and the editor of the TJmon HATIOKAL of Avig . mm . M . Gent received a wound In the left shoulder , of which he has since dlad . '

      GERMANY THE rXAMFORT INStJBBICTlON , We announced in our town edition of last week the outbreak of tbe Frankfort insurrection . The barricades were finally taken by cannon . Tha people foutfH bravely , but were badly armed , snd not seconded by > W burghers ; however , their braver ? availed them nothing sgsinst the death dealing thunders of the artillery . Th < insurrection over , the oily was declared in a state of siege . The various aniens are suspended , and their asS'mbling Is forbidden . Every one who appears ' armed ( withoutproper authority ) is to be punished according to martial law .

      Prince Lichnowky and his friend , M ' . jo * Von Auerawald ( a brother of the ex . Premier of Prussia ) , both members of Parliament , left the town on horseback to meet the artillery that was to arrive at a quarter past five o ' clock , It is possible that this object of theirs was guessed by a party of Insurgents—a number ef muskets were discharged at them , under the fire ol which thi » y fell , when they were massacred by their infuriated assailants . Tbe prince had insulted tho crowd by bin language end menecinir gestures . Fbankfobt , Sept . 19 , 5 p . m . —The ln . » nrreotiou has been totally suppressed . All the barricades hare been removed , and the minority of the persons implicated in the emeuCe have taken to flight . The combat continued yesterday from two p . m . till eleven at night , with a short truce of one bonr . It is asserted that several members of the lfft of the Natlenal Assembly have been arrested on the charge of having excited the populace to revolt , Tbe troops still occupy the' streets .

      The Prussian troops are severely blamed for their irritating conduct previously to the outbreak of the in . snrrection . On Tuesday night there were dreadful scenes . Eleven Insurgents concealed in a house mre put to death by Austrian soldii rs . Forty . two insurgents had been conveyed to the citadel of Mayence , The funeral of Prince Licbnoweky , General von Auerswald , and the officers who died In the encounter with tbe insurgents , took place' with great pomp on the 21 st . Letters from Frankfort of the 20 th inst , announce that the inhabitants of Hanaa bare captured the arsenal of tbat town and carried off the arms in it . They likewise removed tbe rails of the railroad . The losses during tbe late insurrection at Frankfort are estimaud s follows ;—Troops hilled , 72 ; wounded , 145 ; insurgents , killed , 35 ; wounded , 71 .

      Letters from Cologne of the 22 nd inst . announce , that a popular meeting was held in tbat city on the preceding day , at which it was resolved that the combatants at the barricades of Frankfort had deserved well of their country . It was determined that this resolution should be published and distributed theongh the country . \ PRUSSIA , —Tho king is attempting to form a reactionary ministry , and has appointed General Wrangel to the chief command of tbe army . A new struggle is expected . . AUSTRIA . —Vienna continues la a disturbed state .

      XXFDBLICAH IHSOBBECIIOH IK BADEH , The Gazette Nationals Suisse , of the 22 nd Sept ., states that the republic is again proclaimed ia part of the Grand Duchy of Baden , It appears that M , Struve , against whom proceedings had been taken relative to a journal , the Gebhan Spectator , having gene into the Grand Duchy was received , with enthusiasm by tho people , who accompanied him to Lorrsch andconducted bim to the Hotel de Ville , He then harangued the people , The balllle and other / employes were put in prison , The tocsin was sounded ia all the communes . Tbe Landsturm is proclaimed ... It is seated that the provincial republican government ofLorrach has taken possession of the public moneys , has renewed the oath of allegiance to the republic of some douaniers , proclaimed martial law against its opponents .

      niBTOBBANCEB AT COLOGNE . Septsmbee 26 th . — All this day great excitement has prevailed in Cologne , in consequence of the arrest of three individaals charged ; It is said , with being concerned la a plot for bringing about a republican movement . One of the prisoners ( Herr Waohter ) , a captain in the civic guard , was rescued by a crowd of hastily-assembled persons from the hands of the gendarmes . Another popular orator ( Herr Mole ) was also arrested this morn , ing ; bat the six gendarmes who captured bim la the house were obliged to let him go and make a precipitate flight . An open-air meeting was held this evening In tbe Alton Market , notwithstanding the proclamation of the police prohibiting it . All the windows in the house of the director of police , and in the police-office itself , had been previously destroyed by a tumultuous assemblage . About seven , p . m ., the military took possession of the main squares .

      Half fast Eight , p . m . —Matters look threatening ; shots are heard in different directions .

      HUNGARY . Perth is in a state of anarchy , the town of Comoru had been almost entirely destroyed by fire . Jeitachfoh had advanced as far as Wessprim , The Hungarian troops showed every inclination to desert . SWITZERLAND . Radetzky is bullying the canton of Tessino for its sympathy with the Italian cause . The Swiss are pre . paring for war . ITALY . Advices from Turin state that Genoa , is in open revolt against tho government , snd a political society there , In whose hands is virtually the ruling authority , has chosen for Its president De Borrl , a republican , who had been arrested and carried iff to tbe frontiers , but returned amid the triumphant acclamations of the populace . Another society of a similar character has been organised at Turin .

      THE WAR IN SICILY . Accounts from Messina and Palermo confirm the cap . lure of Messina and Milszzo by the Neapolitans . Messina had not been mined , as at first reported , bnt tbe shells and the consequent fires had caused frightful ravages in that unfortunate city , The Neapolitans bad 2 , 000 killed aad 1 , 200 wounded . The Sicilians , on their side , experienced cruel losses . The French steamer Pericles alone conveyed to Palermo 200 wounded belonging to the population of that city , which had marched . to the relief of Messina . Ac the departure of the last packets there were several French ships of war before Messina . Admiral Parker and Admiral Baudin had demanded an armistice uatJl they eonld receive replies to the despatches they had addressed to their respective governments .

      SPAIN . The Carlists are gaining ground in Catalonia . A serious action was fought iu the neighbourhood of Figueras , on the 16 th inst ,, between General Buna , the Commandant General of the province of Garooa , at the head of 2 , 800 infantry and 400 cavalry , and Cabrera , who had under his orders 1 , 600 men , including 180 cavalry , The battle lasted eight hours , and the Carlists animated by the presence and example of their chief , made head against tbe superior forces brought against them , and it was not until their ammunition was expended , and after they had made a furious onslaught with the bayonet that they retreated , General Asnettler has , it is reported , entered Catalonia at the head of a force of some hundreds of men attached to the extreme liberal cause .

      POLAND . FoBXN , Sept , 18 , —Strange reports are afloat in our city . It is affirmed that the Poles contemplate a new national demonstration , and tbat oar military authorities are in possession of ail the facts , So much ts certain that the entire revolutionary corps is now hero , and hold meetings .

      INDIA . Advices have come to hand from Calcutta to August 7 tb , In Mooltau Lieutenant Edwardes had been attacked , on the 1 st of July , at the village of Sadoasam , by tbe whole available force of Dewan Meolrsj , A smart action ensued , which lasted upwards of six hours , and resulted , like tbat of the 18 th of Jane in the total discomfiture of the Hooltanees . Moolraj commanded in person , and sustained tho action with considerable bravery until a csnnonboll struck the howdah of his elephant and prostrated him in the dust , after which mishap he escaped on a horse into the city of Mooltan , under the walls of which the village of Sadoosam is situated , His followers soon followed the example of their chief , and were hotly pawned by the British forces , who only relinquished their attack on reaching tbe gates of Mooltan .

      DISTURBB . NCE 3 IN CEYLON . The India mall brings dates from this island to the 16 tb of Angnst . In consequence of some obnoxious tax regulations tho native Inhabitants of tbat island have been in a state bordering on that of general revolt , On the 29 th of July a partial rising took place new the town of Matelle , which was put down by detachments of the 15 tb R'giment and the Ceylon Rifles from Kondy , with the loss to the people of eight killed and forty made prisoners . At Xornegalle the Sandians , to the number of 4 , 000 men , made two attacks upon a party of the Ceylon Rifles thera stationed . Both were repulsed , the troops suffering a loss of one man killed and six wounded .

      It Has Been Prognosticated , That The En...

      It has been prognosticated , that the ensuing winter will set in eatly , the swallows having taken their departure from this neighbourhood earlier than usual , On Wednesday a stray partridge was run down by the engine and train between Aber Station and Glanmere , and had both legs taken clean off , The poor bird was picked np by one of the time keepers ,

      Wmttits, .. ._.

      Wmttits , .. . _ .

      A Gbeat Thiff.-Lately As Mr Hyltoa's Men...

      A Gbeat Thiff .-Lately as Mr Hyltoa ' s menagerie was entering Rhayader , Wales , the elephant carefully ' purveyed' the premises , and about twoo'clfck the next morning he broke out of his temporary lodgieg , forced bis way Into a baker ' s shop and iu a minute put out of ft ' gbt fourteen qu & rtern loaves . He then demolish-, ^ i 'be bottles containing sweetmeats ; and bnt for tbe titr ^ ly appearance of the keeper it is sot known what frcsks the huge beast would have committed before daylight . Emigration . —Four thonsond paupers , boys and girls , will 'his year be sent from Ireland to Australia , and ten tboasand from Engiend . It appears that within the last ( even years no fewer than 654 , 000 persons have emigrated from this country , making nearly ana thirtieth of tha whole number of ihe popaUtlos ,

      Tbo potato disease la represented by the Dutch eor . teayondtnt of the Ecohohist as very bad in several parts of Holland , Slavkbi . —I have just returned fiom a journey south , and was more than ever disgusted with the ' aboniina . tion that maketh desolate . ' I saw scenes too anfal to describe . A single specimen cf Ripublicanhm . I saw a girl , nixtsenyears old , blind , sold for 160 dollars . They said 'the was worth tbat to bread . ' She was with child , and sold by a professed Christian on the steps of a courthouse . —E , W . Jackson to MhuBurrltt . Declihiko a Challihoi . —Kosentb , the celtbreted leader of the Magyar party , sent lately a challenge to the adltor of a journal at Pesth , on account of some observations > o ventured to make . The editor coolly un . swered that every fool might send a challenge , but that two foils were needed fer a fight .

      Secsxts fob tbe Lames—At you are fond of having flowers in your room , yon will , perbapv , be glad to know how to preserve cut flowers as long as possible . Tho most simple rules are , not to put too many fliwers into onej glass ; to change the water every morning , and to remove every decayed leaf as soon as It appears , cutting off the ends of the stems occasionally , as soen as they enow any symptoms of decay . A more efficacious way , however , is to pat nitrate of soda Into the water . About as much as can easily be taken up between tho fore-finger and thumb , put into the glass every tlmo the water is changed , will preserve cut floirers in all their beauty for above a fortnight . Nitrate of potash ( that Is , common saltpntrt ) , in powder , has nearly the same effect , but h not quite so efficacious . —Krs Loudon ' s Lady ' s Country Companion ,

      Pboobhok ambCabbt . —Citla'n Prondhonis a terrible man , Nothing astonishes bim , nothing stops him . To say , ales ! that MM , Prondhon , Oabet , and tutti qmvti , are at this moment the only popular writers , the only teachers of the people . ' to say tbat M . Prondhon is little less read in France than Franklin was in the United States I is it not truly to despair of the future ?—Comnme . - Fibe in Amebica . —A great conflagration has burnt down an immense portion of Brooklyn . Nearly three hundred buildings , ; including three churches , and an immense quantity of goods , wares , merchandise , and household furniture . The Goon old Tikes—In tbe reign of Henry VIII , , seventy , two thousand executions took place for rob * beries , exclusive of the { numerable religious murders , amounting on an average to six executions a day , Sunday included , daring the whole reign of that cruel and persecuting monarch .

      Cheap Wine , —Wine at a penny a bottle is now drank near Paris ; Is , a deeenl What Next . —A Daguerreotype artist , by the name of Jacquay , has purchased a flat boat at Pittsburgh , and flweu up a DagttMteovjpa gallery on board , He Intends to float with the current , —Boston ChrOWtype . Lord Jo * a Ruasell has left Scotland for Dublin . A Wise Sating , —A man maketh more opportunities than he fiads—Bacon . Jdbilee to Beabus , —The barbers of Hawick have agreed on discontinuing the practice of shaving on Sandsys . A Coupabibon . — WhyJs a solar eclipse like a woman whipping ber boy !— Because it is a ' hiding or tne sun . ' Vest Natdsal . — ' I bate to hear people talk behind oae ' s back , ' as tbe robber said when the constable called Step thief J '

      Mobtaliti in Algiebs . —The mortality of children of European parents born In Algeria , taking tha period from birth to fifteen , is four times greater than in Eagland . A Sleeping Pawner . —I think it Is a very foolish , thing for a man to become a sleeping partner , because he may awake and find himself in tbe Gazette . —Cow missioner West . Mr W . J . HiMMoND , tbe well-known comedian , died of dysentery on the 23 rd of August , at New York , in tho fiftieth year of his age , Mr Hammond leaves a wife and seven children in England to mourn a kind husband and father , cat off untimely In a distant land .

      Tbb Mining Distbiots of Lamabbsuibe —We under * stand that the miners of the Xower Ward of Lanark , shire , who were last week on a strike for a slight advance of wages ( fid . per day ) , have obtained their demand , and are again at work , with the exception of the colliers connected with two establishments in the vicinity of Glasgow . Louis Philippe , —Of late annmber ef virulent attack ! on Louis Philippe have been published In Paris , generally at the ' small charge of one halfpenny . ' The spirit and character ef these publications will be seen from this brief extract fromone of them : — ' You will soon be in the infernal regions , Louis Philippe , and you won't be able to corrupt Satan as you . corrupted the infamous Galzot , and yoar infamous deputies ! Demons I when you get Philippe into your clutches put him oa a spit ! Demons ! roast Philippe I Cook bim and re-cook hint unto the end of centuries ' . Amen ! ' —Britannia ,

      Seven convicts under sentence of transportation for g & ven years , left Tralee on Friday last , for Spike-Island , A large batch will be forwarded this we » k . It Um > been observed by Mr Leigh Hunt , that there are two , and bat two classes of tbe community — ' news , paper editor * and cab drivers' —who never at any time indulge themselves with a holiday . Tbe Choleba , — Dr OhalCce , a writer en cholera , considers that tho Astatic form of this disease is propagated by a minute insect , which traverses districts iihe the blight with us . Iu 1820 , there was opened in Cochin China a canal twenty . three miles long , eighty feet wide , and twelve feet de « p . It was begun and . finished in six weeks , althongh carried through large forests and over exten « give marches . 20 , 008 men worked upon it day and night , and it is stated that 7 , 000 died of fatigue .

      A Smokes .-In a claim for wages case at the Liver * pool Police-court , on Saturday week , a set off bill to the claim was made , which contained amongst other Items a charge of twelve pounds of tobaooo . This had been given out to the seamen on a voyage to Malabar and back , occupying about eleven months . ' Twelve pounds of tobacco I' exclaimed Mr Ruehton with astonishment ' Why man , you cannot have used all that ? ' Oh yes ,. re . plied Jack , ' it Is little more than a pound a month . ' Sib Jambs Ross's Expedition , —The expedition reached Whale Island , Davis's Straits , lat , 69 N ., Jane 92 , and sailed thence June 29 . Nothing had been heard of the gallnnt fellows of whom they are in quest .

      The Clock and Watcbbiakebs -Clock and watch * making , oae of tho principal branches of industry of the oanton of Neafchatel in Switzerland , is entirely para * lyged . Upwards of 1 , 500 journeymen watch and clockmakers have just emigrated from the town of Neufchatel to the United Staus , and a stil greater number are making preparations to follow them . Easlt Closing of Bankebs . — Messrs Coutts have is * sued a circular to their customers , annonncing their in * tention of joining with the other west-end bankers In closing business at tbe hsur of four p . m . on and after Monday , the 2 ad of October next . Thh New Two-Shilling Piece . —This new coin , recently finished by Mr Wyon , resembles the five shll * ling piece which he completed some time eince . The obverse of tho two . * hilling piece is the Queen's head , with a lettering . The reverse is mediaeval like the other , bat less elaborate , The workmanship Is considered ex ? oellent .

      A Fable fob the Day . — A correspondent of tha e Times relates tho following fable : — One day a traveller * met tho plague going into Cairo , and accosted it thus : —« - « ' For what purpose are you entering Cairo ?'— 'To kill II 8 , 000 people . ' Soma time after tbe same traveller met et the plague again , and said , But you killed 30 , 000 i ' — — Nay , ' tho plague replitd , ' I killed but 3 , 000 j fear did id tbo rest . ' Realities ov Life , —A person being asked v . hat was 'as meant by the realities of life , answered— ' Rial estate , te , resl money , and a real good dinner—none ef which oh could be realised without real hard work . ' Pbotectiosibtb . —Married at Barn-slaple , by the Rev , ov , John Gates , Mr John Post to Miss Sophia Rails . If this this inatoh don ' t ' mtiko a fence' of the first quality , we we should like to know what will . —Bristol Ifirror ,

      Late Fibe at Constantinople . — On account of the the numerous cenftegrations which have recently occurred ; red at Constantinople , the Sultan has ordered timber to be o be exempted from all du'ies until the year 1353 , Habd Times Conjugated—A country schoolmaster later thus describes a money lender : — 'He serves yen in thai the present tense—he leads you la tho conditional mood— od— > keeps you In tho subjunctive—and ruins you in the i the i futurii . ' Pobtable Baericadb . —The French troops have have i adopted a moveable barricade ef oak , covered with with , sheet iron , end containing loopholes for musketry . It . It - ista beuflcdin tho event of any new outbreak on thei tbo i part of tho people . Value of Niwspapebs . —A newspaper in a famlJyamllyp is equal to three months' time in a school each year , year .. G > into a family where n newspaper is taken , end lntol Into ) ihose wbo ' cannot afford it ; ' mark tho d . ff .-rence ince ini tbe intelligence of iho children ard be convinced .

      Awful Crime—A . t tbo Rochdale Petty Sessions , a ms , a i few days ago , James Wild , an aged man , was convicted rioted I of the heinous offence of gatcerlcg blackberries oaas om Tandle hills , en tho estate of Lord Safflcld—fined ten : d teni shillings and costs , and in default of payment , com- com . - mitted to tho House of Correction for a month !!! ! The Wholesale Tbadb—The oow / efa debts of the of the o Duke of Buckingham are said to amount to a million lillloai and a half sterling ! ^ , ....... The total number of churches and ohaptis coBneotedieotedl with the Bstabliehment , in England and Wales , In 1817 , 11847 ,, was 13 , 154 ; of D ' stcnting and Roman Cithollo places places s Ofworshlp , ' l 2 , 740 . .. .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 30, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30091848/page/3/